China’s TCL TZE Announces Wang Yanjun As Company’s New CEO

Chinese solar PV manufacturing giant TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (TCL TZE) has announced Wang Yanjun as the group’s new chief executive officer (CEO). This is an internal appointment for the company as Yanjun has been with the company since 2006. 

Yanjun also holds 160,417 shares, representing 0.0040% of its total share capital. A Chinese national, he is currently pursuing his PhD in Electronic Information at the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from the University of Science and Technology of China.  

His appointment was approved by the company’s board of directors. He will take over from the company’s Founder and Chairman Li Dongsheng who was till now the interim CEO. Dongsheng had replaced Shen Haoping who resigned due to personal and professional reasons (see China’s TCL TZE Announces Li Dongsheng As Interim Chief Executive Officer). 

With his appointment as the CEO of TCL TZE, Maxeon Solar Technologies in which the Chinese company is a majority stakeholder, announced Yanjun and Wang Cheng as members of the board.   

Yanjun takes over the reins of the group at a time when TCL TZE is in an expansion mode. It has plans to establish 20 GW of solar ingot and wafer manufacturing factory in Saudi Arabia (see 20 GW Solar Ingot, Wafer Manufacturing Fab In Saudi Arabia).